Will Bush Drop into the 30s?

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Let the shunning begin:

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/ar...627/27bush.htm

Sen. Chuck Hagel is angry. He's upset about the more than 1,700 U.S. soldiers killed and nearly 13,000 wounded in Iraq. He's also aggravated by the continued string of sunny assessments from the Bush administration, such as Vice President Dick Cheney's recent remark that the insurgency is in its "last throes." "Things aren't getting better; they're getting worse. The White House is completely disconnected from reality," Hagel tells U.S. News. "It's like they're just making it up as they go along. The reality is that we're losing in Iraq."

[Dynasty]

I haven't been to many political websites lately. But, I checked in on Rasmussen Reports and the have a daily tracking poll of Bush's job approval. It currently stands at 51%. However, the previous week had it in a range of 48-50.

[Grey]

Scott Rasmussen's polls are always more pro-Republican than all the others.

[MtSmalls]

Actually, even that is failing him now. After his most recent PR appearance, I mean political speech, his numbers didn't move. His approval ratings remain in the low 40's (43 in the Zogby poll taken after the speech) and 42% would be in favor of impeachment hearings if it was found that he misled the nation into war. (DUH!)

His numbers remain positive in the South, but he has slipped well below 50% in every other region of the country. In fact he slipped below 45% in SIX states that he carried in the 04 election, including Ohio.

[Grey]

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42% would be in favor of impeachment hearings if it was found that he misled the nation into war. (DUH!)


[/ QUOTE ]I just want to note that this number is far higher than it was for Clinton's impeachment. If only we could gain control of Congress ...

Maybe the Reps changing the rules of the Senate will help with that.

[Felix_Nietzsche]

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[lastchance]

Or maybe finding some proof that Bush deliberately mislead Congress and America into war? Who knows?

[ptmusic]

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People are results oriented, so it really depends on where the country is.

I will say, for Bush to have a lower than 35% approval rating, something absolutely catastrophic must happen in the next few years.

It's much easier for Bush's approval rating to get higher right now.

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When Bush goes out and speaks his numbers tend to rise. It happened during last year's election. Right now you only hear one side of the story from the media, so his poll numbers are supressed, but that is only temporary.

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[sarc] yeah, 'cuz he hasn't been speaking much lately [/sarc]

-ptmusic

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Bush's approval ratings as they are currently will not be a factor at all in whether he will be an effective campaigner or his place in history.

I don't really like any of the choices. I would doubt that they can go much lower regardless of any events.

[MoreWineII]

I don't know that the numbers will show, but I know that several people I know who voted for him last election now wish they hadn't.

And if it's true that his numbers go up when he speaks, then it's probably simply because people feel sorry for him.